The Liberal Media is so biased.
We need to know who are the solid ones and who are the wobbly ones.
1) Republicans offered an alternative approach through an amendment sponsored by Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. McConnell argued that his amendment focused more on helping low-income families and did not rely on tax increases to pay for the additional health spending. His amendment also would not allow federal funding to extend health coverage to children of newly arrived legal immigrants, as the Democratic bill allows.”
The Senate rejected the Republican proposal by a resounding 65-32 vote.
2) “During the debate over SCHIP, Republicans also failed to revive a prohibition on federal funding for international groups that perform abortions or provide abortion information.
By a 60-37 vote, Democrats turned back an amendment that would have denied aid to groups that may be involved in abortion but also work on other health care issues abroad.”
Thank you for the comments. I guess I’m a hard nosed individual, but you know as well as I do, that there isn’t any kid going to fail to be helped by our medical system, if they have an urgent need. Ask any illegal immigrant and they can explain how it’s done.
If we want to help kids, quit taxing their parents so much, and get out of the way of businesses that want to employ them.
What incentive is there for businesses or individuals, to perform if the government is going to handicap them to the degree that they do?
We keep finding new ways to help. Sooner or later folks have it better not working, than taking that entry job they can build from.
the Roll call vote on the Martinez Amendment (to stop funding abortions) is here:
3 RINO votes - Murkowski, Snowe, and Specter.
New Senator Gillibrand did the pro-abort thing and voted for taxpayer funded abortions, along with 57 other Democrats. 36 GOP votes to to the right thing. The only Democrat voting with Republicans was Nelson of Nebraska.
I think the REAL “hope and change” is the HOPE that the GOP will stop being suckers and will start standing up for the right principles.